Guna (MP): Union Minister of state for
Commerce and Industries Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday demanded that Madhya Pradesh government waive-off all loans on farmers, whose kharif crop is affected with pests and scanty rainfall.
In a letter to the Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan,
Scindia, who is MP from here demanded that a survey of the
rain and pests affected farmers should be conducted
immediately to provide relief to them as per the revenue book
rules.
Scindia also urged the state government to provide 10
hours of uninterrupted power to the farmers, subsidised seeds
and fertilisers and fodder for animals and loans on minimum
rate of interest for the rabi crops.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, October 01, 2009, 22:41